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G. B. BIRD.

SUSPENDERS. No. 326,194. Patented Sept. 15, 1885.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES BRAYTONBIRD, OF SIOUX CITY, IOIVA.

SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,194, datedSeptember 15, 1885.

Application filed January 28, 1885. (N 0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES BRAYTON BIRD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Sioux City, in the county of Woodbury, State ofIowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspenders;and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

My invention relates to the connecting medium between the strap and endsof the suspender; and it is the object of my invention to provide acheap, durable, and convenient means for connecting the said parts andadjusting the same to each other.

To this end my invention consists, first, in a plate provided with slotsto receive the strap of the suspender, and with slots arranged withinthe said slots for the strap of the suspender to receive theSuspender-end.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a portion of the strapand end of a pair of suspenders connected together by myimproved'device. Fig. 2 is an elevation of a connecting-plate made inaccordance with my invention, provided with slots to receive the strapand end of the suspender.

A is a plate, preferably made of metal and of triangular form, providedtoward each edge with slots B B B of sufficient length and width toreceive the strap of the suspender. The plate A is also provided withthree slots, 0, arranged in the outline of a triangle, located at thelower end of the plate in such manner that at least two of the slotsshall be wholly or in part between the slots B B and the third slot ator near the lower end of the slots B B. By my preferred construction theslot B and one of the slots 0 will be parallel, while the other slots 0and the slots B B will diverge'in opposite directions. The slots 0 areof length and width sufficient to receive the end of the suspender.

For the purpose of applying this plate,c0nstructed as shown, to thejoining of the strap and end of the suspender, the strap is passedthrough the slots B B B by entering the slot B, passing thence throughthe other slots and returning to the slot B, and the end is passedthrough the slots 0 in the same manner as the strap is passed throughthe other slots.

This construction affords great advantages. The parts of the suspendermay be securely connected to each other, and yet in case of breaking ofeither part, or for other reason it may be desired to replace it, suchpart may be readily removed and replaced without disturbing the other.The size of the connecting medium is reduced to the very lowest degreepossible for the purpose of connecting the two parts, thus enabling adesirable economy in the cost of material, and hence the cost of thesuspender, and, furthermore, avoiding the objections presented by largeor cumbersome connecting devices. It furthermore avoids the necessityfor severing or sewing the strap or end, which is 'an important item inthe cost of manufacturing suspenders, and the main cause of their wantof durability. Presenting as it does a flat surface, covered as it is bythe textile material composing the suspender, the objection generallyfound to metallic connecting devices is entirely removed.

The device thus described may be used for attaching the strap to thefront or back ends of the suspender.

As originally drawn, the present application described and illustrated,as well as the invention herein described and claimed, a separateinvention in an adjustable buckle. I do not claim that invention in thisconnection, however, it beingmy intention to file a separate applicationfor the same.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device for connecting the strap and ends of a suspender, comprisinga plate having slots B B B to receive the strap,and slots 0, arrangedwithin or partly within the area of the slots B B B to receive the end,substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a suspender, of a slide consisting of a pieceof sheet metal, A, in the form of a triangle with rounded corners, andprovided with one series of slots, B B B parallel to its edges, and withIn testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES BRAYTON BIRD.

Witnesses:

BEN. W. AUSTIN, CHAS. S. SWINDELLs.

